Guard for shoe-polishing machines.



C. F. BURKHART.

GUARD FOR SHOE POLISHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-10,1912- RENEWED JUNE 18, 1915.

1 175,86 1 Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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I GUARD FOR SHOE POLISHING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED AUGJO, 1912. RENEWED JUNE 18. 1915.

1 1 '?5,86 l Patented Mar. 14 1916.

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CHARLES F. BURKI-IABT, OF NEW YORK, N. '35., ASSIGNOR T0 BURKI-IAR'I AUTOMATIC SHOE POLISHING MACHINE COMPANY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 01? NEW YORK.

1912, Serial No. 714,409.

Y drk and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for Shoe-Polishing Machines;-and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to guards for shoe polishing machines and has for an object to present a division of co-pending application Serial Number 428,187 filed April 20th, 1908 and to present therein matters divided out of said co-pending application.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for engaging the top and front of a shoe in a shoe polishing machine and to prevent the applying of shoe dressing to the top of the shoe or to the hosiery above the shoe when a low shoe is being acted upon.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guard comprising a member to clamp over the front and top of the shoe with a flexible guard extending above. such clamping member adapted to protect the clothing of the user of the mechanism.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device for clamping upon the top of a shoe with a curtain carried by the clamping member rolled upon a spring roller adapted to hold such curtain at all times comparatively taut irrespective of the position of the clamping member upon the shoe.

WVith these and other objects in view the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a view of certain parts of a shoe dressing mechanism as disclosed in said original application and showing one form of the guard. Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of the form of guard shown at Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of a slightly modified form of the guard. Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation of the form of guard shown at Fig. 3.

Like characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Original application filed April 20, 1908, Serial No. 428,187. Divided and this application filed August 10, Renewed June 18, 1915.

Serial No. 34,964.

The improved guard which forms the subject matter of this application is adapted to be used in conjunction with shoe cleaning and polishing machines and especially with that type of machine disclosed in the parent application wherein a carriage 10'reciprocates beside a shoe rest 11 upon which a shoe 12 is at times placed. In the operation of the organized structure disclosed in the said parent application, means is carried by the carriage 10 passing along the side of the shoe and in front of the shoe for applying liquid dressing to the shoe in the form of a spray. It is desirable that the atomized dressing should not be applied to the top of the shoe or to the hosiery above the line of a low shoe or to the clothing of the wearer, represented at 13, and to prevent this contingency a clamping member 14 is provided mounted upon a rod 15 held normally yieldingly placed upon the shoe by a spring 16 and manually controlled bymeans of aknob 17 extending outwardly through the wall of the housing 18. It will be apparent that when the shoe is to be inserted by manually lifting upon the knob 17 the guard 14 will be raised and the shoe may then be inserted and by releasing the knob the clamping member 14 will clamp upon the top of the shoe.

To more effectively guard the hosiery and clothing a screen 19 is attached to the guard by means of a cross head 20 and is wound about a spring roller 21 of substantially the usual and ordinarv form so that the screen 19 is held normally taut, irrespective of the position of the clamping member 14. When the clamping member is raised by manipulating the knob 17 the spring roller 21 serves to roll up the screen 19 but to permit the same to be drawn outwardly when the clamping member descends under the ten-' sion of the spring 16.

In some cases it is desirable to have the device operate automaticallv without manual control and for this purpose the guard 14 is mounted upon a lever 22 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The lever 22 is pivoted as at 23 to a bracket 24- carried upon a rod 25 which is provided with a weight 26 to hold the rod normally downwardly, such rod being slidable in the guides 27 and 28. To accommodate shoes of different sizes the lever 22 is engaged at its upper end by a spring 29 which holds the clamping member 14 yield of the foot when the foot is inserted. A

curtain 19 is secured to the clamping memher by a cross head 20 substantially the same as in the modification shown in Figs.

1 and 2, and similarly Wound about a spring roller 21. the same as described relative to the embodiment shoWn in Figs. 1 and2 and the operation of the spring pressed lever 22 Will be perfectly apparent from inspection.

I claim 1. In a shoe dressing machine, a shoe rest, a guard mounted above the shoe rest and vertically movable, said guard being proportioned to engage the top of the shoe, a spring roller and a flexible guard Wound about said spring roller clamping member.

2. In a shoe dressing machine, a foot rest, a rod vertically slidable above the foot rest, a'guard carried by the rod adapted to engage the top of a shoe positioned upon the rest, means to hold the guard yieldingly to place, and an auxiliary guard carried by the clamping member and extending above the same. r

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The operation of the curtain is' and engaging the 3. In a shoe dressing machine, a foot rest, a rod vertically slidable abovethe foot rest, a clamping member carried by the 'rodand adapted to engage the top of a shoe positioned upon the rest, means to hold the clamp yieldingly to position and a sheetof flexible material carriedrby the guard and 7 extending upwardly above the foot rest.

4. In a shoe dressingmachin'e, a foot rest, a spring roller mounted above the foot rest, a sheet of flexible material Wound about the spring roller, and means to yieldingly posi tion the loWer end of the'sheet of material at a point above the foot rest when it is desired to protect a shoe positloned thereon.-

5. In a shoe dressing machineya shoe rest,

a guard mounted to move vertically above the shoe rest and an auxiliary guard carr edbv the moving guard. V

6. In a shoe dressing mach1ne,ashoe rest,

a guard mounted to move verticallyabove the shoe rest, and an auxiliary flexible guard carried by the moving guard.

. In testimony whereof I' afli'x'my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES F- BURKHART. Witnesses: f 1 i I ALBERT" L. Morris,

CHARLES GJT IT.

Washington, D. C. r 

